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RFK Plans to Take on Big Pharma. It’s Easier Said Than Done
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services, has been vocally anti-pharma. Pharma, Congress, and the courts, though, all get a say.
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This AI Paper from CMU, KAIST and University of Washington Introduces AGORA BENCH: A Benchmark for Systematic Evaluation of Language Models as Synthetic Data Generators
Language models (LMs) are advancing as tools for solving problems and as creators of synthetic data, playing a crucial role in enhancing AI capabilities. Synthetic data complements or replaces traditional manual annotation, offering scalable solutions for training models in domains such as mathematics, coding, and instruction-following. The ability of LMs to generate high-quality datasets ensures…
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Hands On With Google’s Gemini-Powered Smart Glasses, Android XR, and Project Moohan Headset
Google has new smart glasses, as well as a mixed-reality headset developed with Samsung. Both are powered by Gemini, both run a new version of Android, and both are due in 2025. I got to try them on.
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AI Godmother Fei-Fei Li Has a Vision for Computer Vision
Stanford University professor Fei-Fei Li has already earned her place in the history of AI. She played a major role in the deep learning revolution by laboring for years to create the ImageNet dataset and competition, which challenged AI systems to recognize objects and animals across 1,000 categories. In 2012, a neural network called AlexNet…
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When IBM Built a War Room for Executives
It seems to me that every item in the Computer History Museum’s collection has a biography of sorts—a life before CHM, a tale about how it came to us, and a life within the museum. The chapters of that biography include the uses made of it, and the historical and interpretive stories it can be…
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“El sector digital es, por fin, transversal y transformador de la economía española”
“Por fin el sector digital es transversal y transformador de la economía española”. Con estas palabras ha subrayado María González Veracruz, secretaria de Estado de Digitalización e Inteligencia Artificial, la importancia de las nuevas tecnologías en el presente y futuro de la estrategia del país. La política inauguró este pasado 11 de diciembre la gala…
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IP Copilot wants to use AI to turn your Slack messages into patents
IP Copilot raises $4.2M to transform enterprise patent discovery with AI technology that monitors workplace communications and identifies patentable innovations in real-time, helping companies build stronger IP portfolios.Read More
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Harvard Is Releasing a Massive Free AI Training Dataset Funded by OpenAI and Microsoft
The project’s leader says that allowing everyone to access the collection of public-domain books will help “level the playing field” in the AI industry.
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The Bot fwd2cal Adds Events to Your Calendar Automatically. Just Forward It an Email
When you get an email suggesting you meet up with somebody, put this free bot to work. Fwd2cal uses ChatGPT to parse the information in the email and adds an event to your calendar.
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Is This the Year Everyone Quits Social Media?
This week on Uncanny Valley, we debate which social media apps are still worth the scroll.